Deer are dying across the mid-Atlantic from a virus transmitted by the ‘no-see-ums’

EHD hits white-tailed deer from mid-August to October, then fades after the first frost kills off the midges , experts say - (Getty Images)

A deadly viral outbreak is ravaging white-tailed deer populations across the Mid-Atlantic through tiny biting flies also known as “no-see-ums.”

Late last month, wildlife officials in the Washington, D.C. region received a report of a deer found dead near a pond close to Dulles International Airport with no signs of trauma,The Washington Post reports.